1.
While playing in a garden, Samaira saw a honeycomb and asked her mother what is that her
mother replied that it's a honeycomb made by honey bees to store honey. Also, she told her that
the shape of the honeycomb formed is a mathematical structure. The mathematical
representation of the honeycomb is shown in the graph.
Based on the above information, answer the following question:
1. How many zeroes are there for polynomial represented by the graph given?
2. Write the zeroes of the Polynomial.
3. If the zeroes of a polynomial x² + (a+1) x + b are 2 and -3 then determine the values of a and
b
1. There are 2 zeroes of the polynomial represented by the graph. [ no. of times graph cuts the
X axis]
2. +7 and -7 are the zeroes of the polynomial.
3. -(a+1) = 2 + (-3)
a = 0[ sum of zeroes = - coefficient of x/coefficient of x2]
b = 2×(-3)
b = -6 [product of zeroes= constant term/coefficient of x2]
3. A ball is thrown in the air so that t seconds after it is thrown, it's height h mere above it's
starting point is given by the polynomial h = 25t2 - 5t2.
observe the graph of the polynomial and answer the following questions :
1) write the zeroes of the given polynomial.
2) find the maximum height achieved by the ball.
3) a) after throwing upward how much time did the ball take to reach the height of 30m?
b) find the two different values of t when the height of the ball was 20m.
